Archive for 2011

The IT function continues to be seen as a non-core activity in a variety of companies. In addition, many senior professionals think that IT suppliers possess financial systems of scale and technical expertise to supply IT service more effectively than internal IT department.

Malware has caused the industry to rethink its security best practices, introducing tools such as transaction verification to guard against real-time, man-in-the-middle attacks. Out-of-band authentication mechanisms are growing rapidly in popularity. While it is certain that malware will continue to evolve, Knowledge Center contributor Steve Dispensa offers four simple steps you can take to significantly reduce your malware-induced security breach exposure.

This tutorial will show you how to use OpenDNS to protect your computers online easily and for free. OpenDNS is a globally-distributed Domain Name System(DNS), web content filtering system, and typo-correction infrastructure that allows you to browse the web securely, reliably and with ease.

Small businesses are increasingly opting to do business via the Internet and are opening their business and telephone lines to customers and suppliers through electronic trading. They are opting to do business online because it is convenient, opens the business 24-hours a day, can lead to lower overheads and access to a wider potential market.

“PPTP” and the more secure “L2TP/IPsec” VPN connections are conveniently built in to Windows, Mac, iPhone and Windows Mobile Smart phones. But on PCs there have been two major security problems: One is that if the VPN drops out, normal internet instantly resumes, disclosing current activity and blowing privacy. It may be some time before noticing the drop out.

Here’s a great article on the top 10 revenue robbing issues on larger networks and what we, Microtime Computers have experienced too. Even though your particular application may not be large scale, these performance issues are still very important to be aware of.